Field Activity 10CRE04

Identifier 10CRE04
Purpose Tag two juvenile sea turtles with accelerometers and collect the unhatched eggs from Loggerhead nests for oil-related NRDA samples
Location Dry Tortugas National Park, FL and Loggerhead Key
Info derived Animals that moved through zones where acoustic receivers are located, collect biological samples from tagged turtles, deploy satellite tags on turtles to begin to track their daily movements in and around the Tortugas.
Comments Equipment: R/V Halimeda
Platform
Halimeda
Itinerary
Start Key West, FL 2010-09-16
End Key West, FL 2010-09-26
Bounds
West -83.034
East -82.5903587
North 24.64906271
South 24.41406722
Topic 21
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Hart, Kristen
Crew members
Keith A Ludwig
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Hart, Kristen
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Biological Field Study
Data type: Surveys (biological)

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Satellite tag Experiments (biological), Surveys (biological) (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity